Mechanical toy



Oct. 2 ,'1923.

C. ZBEL MECHANICAL TOY .1.923 V2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan, 24

. ocr. 2,1923.

C. ZABEL MECHANICAL TOY' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 24, 1923 1 Parenteel Oei, 2, 19123.

' 5- wenn CHARLES ZABEL, ois' CoRAoPoLis, PENNS citizen of` the limitedV States."resi/'clingl at 'Coraopo'lis, inthe countyoffAllegheiiy and 5`State. of Re nnsylvania,have 'inveiited cer` Y l Vtainfnewand.' iisei'iil In'iprovementsin Mei; Y chan'ical Toys, foi which thefollow'ing is a spe'ciiic'ation. l Y *i This invention is for alniechanical toy of the 'type iii'v which a 'miniature vehicleis-l raised ironia lower track to an elevatedtrack', `:troni which it Vgravitates back to. the

,lower'ona mechanical means being provide@y Y j fortiansferring the vehicle roinv'the- 'lowerl lfftothe'iipper track.4 j Y 'I liefobjectsvof the presentinvention are toV provide a ,pleasing toy voi? simple 'mechanical' con s triiction7 whichiscompact incl maybe cheaply maiiii-factiireflthe; primary ob] ectY of Y f tlievjiiiveiition being toprovide avniore'siinple Vmechanism fontransferring the yehicle from l [one track to the 'otheigthe necessityffor in V termittently "driving the operating mechv anisniin toys of Athis linclbeing eliminated. VA2;'Ywn the present*case.v

Y 3:0 showingl the 'parts-in onefpositiong 7 Y i' Fig. fsf' perspective view'vshowin vfa:

'40 separable jointfin thelowertrackyV j" y 1 Figfjis a side lview of the'drivirig means i and supporting 'structure- Ona l-1 `2 ii 'ge. seele,v p artsbf the motorf'siippbrtfbeing broken be substituted lfor the'springfmotrn f a,

. f a 'reihe drawrigs, ,5, desigaat@amimagierv base",v which* is Y preferably; forineid *of .shee't My invention "readily understood 1 by referring@stheascompwying-drames.

Figi-v lV isa-side view of the assembl-editoy yssen'nbled toy,l

is afhorizontalsection fonf'line 8 fis -a inoclifica-tioiifofthe driving means showing how an'-electricfinotorfinay pinjion, theflowertrack',"throughslot-,l and 4 ynvAiviA, ,Assignee Troisi-'infinis vzr-Aiiin; or f 4' i PITTSBURGH,PENNsYLvANIAgl to Athe uptii'rned ends? fand 7," 'oneendi of ably from thin .fsh'eet metalfwhiehis,channel shaped in '-crossf'section',I thefchannels'fbe-i'ng Lgf 'i 'tiir'ned f ontwardly; v They'. are 'of the. saine diniensions'- and are vparallel to veach vother.'

means ofears'fon the' underside thereof, "is section lOo'f the lowertrack.: Byifeference.

v secured nvirvfeoi'otheifsuieibie means l strips'afncllfis a'nfeifchand-similarly 'Y 10"V SaiiclSa are isiinilarlyiconstructed', preferf I'Jrovicleclf-jwitha slot 10a into? whi'chftiengiie Yfits- -in siich'inanner'as to forma 'iiigilfide"-iv Vsections*are join'edfat an 'a'iigle', softhatone end 'of ithe vflower track willvalwaysibe conilength Vvrequired- .for .packing the A toy Vfor 11 "forming an `abu'vtinent `or stop toprevent the nfiiniatiirevehile;or*othervl-object,

Atigohesdeofgthje Iw' f' 10, ant carried thereby;AV is fperpenliciilar 'meieffiiiereasing .widen i Mo -nted on the side frame or :arch

slotfl-B offiplate lfl-f'Upon rotationbf the A The; ipiniongopgeer: geen-reihen 'parie'. projectinggtherefrom-.? which leiiggagjlfes-i in Vfthe, gk

with@ drawings, ibn-lays@ .geen amine piv; zo f i ce* Y pin 1S, is caused to Yreckon shaft 9, so that first one end is high and then the other, in

the manner of a seesaw.

' The' Spc-ed governor wheel'lG is made oi` a 5. soft rubber disk having.weightsluV near its periphery;` rit 19 Vis a leai' spring' adapted `Vto be moved toward oiiaway 'from 'thev disk i 16 by screw 20. YWhen disk 16 is revolved 'at' high speed, the weights cause it to iii- Y' crease in vdiameter, rand. the' lealiy spring 19 22 is similar in construct-ion to the 'lowerL track.V At a pointsubstantially midwaybevv tween its ends is secured a cross member 23 of the'shape shown in'lig; et, having one end turnedv downwardlyat 211, the vendA- 2,4: being slotted .to-lit over shaft 21. TheY other end fol Vmember.23- isA turned downwardly and 25 slottedat 25 to falso-lit over shaft 21., 'llatending forwardly 'fromfthe turned down v slotted'portion, is an oset portionr26 havingv ade-pending arinf'2'7-an'd fil-lateral pro- As' thus constructed, a'pivotal slippoitior the uppertraek is provided,- and the upper traclcmay be" readily removedan-d `put back e in' place". The .upperv track is sofbalanced that'enfd a is heavier thatend b, and when iirplace, projection 28. on armZQZenga-ging under arch'. 8"; limits YtheV distancev which 1 the upper.y track may Yrock -iii oneY direction, Fig.

1' showinfgthe end' a inV its lowest possible position.

Any suitablelmeans may be usedY to roll i Vback: and forth on the tracks,v asliere'inai'ter described, butf'fprefer touse a wheeled vekin Fig. where the lower track begiiisto rock inthe Vopposite direction.` Y l/Vhen section '1Qk has 18 to rock. the lower track'to raise end 10. rs end li'i'ts, it will engage end a ol up-v o the dottedlineposition oi`,l*`ig. 2. vGar A; will then 'roll down track 22, causing end to tilt down tothe lower track section 10, 'which is theiull line position ol:V the upper V,trackin Fig. 2.

Then the ear reaches the position s howii 2 pin ltljhas reached a position been siiiiiciently lowered, upperV track 22 1 will assume the position shown in Fig. 1 by of the end a beingthe heavier. fitter the lowerr track has been rocked sufliciently ent-rack 22, also rocking the upper track V to `inclino sec-tion 10', car will gravitate back to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the vcycle oi operation will be repeated',Y

@The fact that the pinionlfv s continu;V oiislydriven refdilyfenables an electric motor to be utilied in a very. SiIIiple..tormio'ie toy, whereas in toysV of this; natureV as hereinbeiore made, the' operating mechanism vhadto. riin intermittently, complicatingfconsiderably the use of the toy 'with a continu'H ouslv drijven motor.V

apart lfor packing andshipping, and

protected.V Y Y ,Y e Y fVariousmodi'cations and changes maybe iii/adev in the' construction shown, however, within the contemplation of my invention 'and within the scopeofthe appendedcla-iins.

l claim as my invention: Y .1. A .toyV comprising an upper track, i; le'werf track of greater length than the upf pertiack, means for rocking the lowerr track nconstructed, lthetoy maybe f "45 depending side'veclqes whichprovidembean to alternately elevate opposite ends, .and an f objgect `adapted to travel inthe tracks-.fby gravity, the 'rocking motion oi said` lower f hicle;v As shown inthe drawing, the vehicle r Af preferably comprises a bodyV 30 having u() ingsI` fori transverse shafts 81 vandfi2 von whicheare wheel-'s'322Ky Shaft32 is provided' with-a crank whichrecijprocatesY a; rod 33.y .Rodl 35S-isc'onnectedto lthe lower-encleoii' a track in one direction 'Servingtoaelevat'e said object to, the upper 'track `fromwlie'nce it rolls toA the lower track, the'rocking motion ot the loweietrack .in f. the other direction YK"ture, 3G indicating thc'triiiikg oi-:Rthe figures,

serving to'return the object along thelcnverV im track to Vpositionftc be.againelevated. Y f.

2. toyV comprisingr tilting. upperlg-and lower tracks, means for positively tiltingthe e' Vlower track to YalternatelyVVA elevate its ends, an object adaptedto travel'on said'ti cl Y said trackabein'g; soarranged that the'ob Y. j ectinay initially be Vraised 'from-one end of tl e lower track -V to Y the Vupper iti-ack.' from 'Y whence it Y,fgravitatestojthe other Aeiidof the lower track and upon rocking ofthe. lowerV track-returned along'the lower track toA` Y initial'position- Y e e Y Y A; teycomprisinga tiltinglower track, said lower track being pivotally vsupported a? between its ends and so Shapedas' to have' do .vertical postf mounted ,t'o-fiockgon-y the body:k *Secured to the Vbodyl are legs 3510 miniature imitation persons in sitti'ngpos- ,iirhich haveV a pivoted'connection;with the l legs.vv Pivota'lly connected with theb'odies are arms 37 which connect with the top-oi Y post/131.'4 Their sli'ait 32yrevolves: by nievenient of-'the cai-',.rodxreciprocates, rocking fpostl-, which reciprocates Yarms '37 fand.- rocks Vbodies,V .giving the, appearance of' two;fignresfdrivingfahand car;` 'Y

Theoperation e'flthej. toy maynow be described:- "frssum-ingthe carl-Alto 'be in the positionshownx infligf 1, the'motor rotates Ypinion 14 in such direction 'as to cause pinv twoportions which converge `adjacent the4v pivotal support, means for rocking vtheplower and larranged to normally remain in fone-position', said upper Y track being'sopositioned overthe lower l'track as to :contact with `and he tilted by'fn'e partof the lower track-'upon the upward movement tl'1ereoij`,f and anolo-l ject: adapted-'to roll in said tracks lby-ygr'av ity@ vi j:1 i 4., A toy comprisingra pivonal'ly.- supp-orte ed lower track `arranged"tofrock in a seesaw fashion, an u'ppertraok of .less lengthfthan the lower track similarlylfmounted land spaced'abovethe llower track,-on'e `end of the". lower track'heing. arranged to contact with? andv move higher' than the Vupper"tra'ck'uponr being rocked upwardly, and a rolling'f='ob'-' ject adapted lto V'travel in f said'ftracks by" other, "whereh'yft' urged'l bygravity to one' -gravity and* Vto be transferred rorn one track'to the other vley thewrocking motion *thereof-" Y 5. I'A toy comp-rising .al pivotally` fed lower track arrangedtoroekin 'a seesawV fashion, an upp'erftrackfofles's' length than :il .theflower tracksimilaily mounted; and

I spaced above ith'efflower,track,:'one-endv ofo ithe'flower track beingarrangedgtod contact with and i move high'erlthanfthe, uppe upon being rocked" upwardly, .1 means*H for, Y rockingfthe lQNverQftraCk, anfda rolling/"obl l ^f`-ject adaptedffeto travel in isaidf 'tracksl by gravity and'to be transferredl from onet'rack' fashion, an upper .track ofless length than thelower track similarlyimounted` and spaced Valcove the lowerL track, one end 'ofV 1 the lower Vtrackbeing'arrangedto'Contact 'Ur I Cil arrangementbeing'suchthat the seesafw.-mo-` tion of the lower trackelevatesjsaid objectj with and move higher than `the -upper'track v,upon beingrocked upwardly, and power drivenl means for continuouslyirocking the Y lower track during the operation ofithe toy,

vand-a rollingobject adapted to 'travel in f saidy tracks byfgravity andgtojbe :trans-- ferred from one track tojthe otherV bygthej rocking motion there/offf 7; A toy comprlsinganupper lowerV track pivotally supported therebearranged to roll in said track by gravity, the

z 4to loneen'd'pf the upper trackalong'which it moveshack to. theother'endl olth'e` lower track, whence it returnsfto a position tp'be again elevated. f 'Y '1 8. A toy comprising an lupper track,

' i lower trackfhaving a bend therein pivotally sup-ported;Vv therebeneath and .of greater length than the upper track,`means for rock` returns: togap'osi'tion todoeagaiii" elevated. 9. A ltoy-feomprising upperftraok,

'alongfsad upper lower: tracks;

'turejagremovablei upper 'tra k Slow fthefjufpper-tr .y Y thanfthe upper trjaclngsaidilowertraek com- Vto the other-by the rocking motionv f ,hereof. j`

6. A toy comprising a; pivotally. support" ed lower trackjarrangedfto;rock ina s eesaw' spaced;apart4 y substantially parallelf arches i, on said'eupporti-ng member, `an :upper shaft .1?. connectingthe ;two; arches, 4upper trackf 'means' forlimiting therockinglmovement inl), z

' the `lower'fshaft and voffgreater Vleijigth than the upper- A shat-,operatng means supported fon one of saidvr arches,means. onzatfheliwer trackf'cooperatingjwith SaidgA Qperatingf.l .means, saidf,operating' meansz rangedto rock the .pivoted lower track,

thereo'f. 1

said tracksby gravityfsaid. Car comprising 2 a platform, laxles supported thereon, wheel .s

ktatedV by the wheels' and having a crank..

ng said lower crackin la vsees'a'w Jfashion,

track elevatesjgsaid object 'to one end of them upper track'along' which it moveshacl r to' the other end of :the f lower track, `whence V'it lowertrack pivotally supported therebe-y yneath, a camplate .havingga 'camslot there# f inrcarred lby the{lower. track, an eccentric n ,pin engaging Vvin said. sjlot', means: for driving -ltlie""pin, said kpin Vand 'slotbeing .arranged v'to `rock said lou rack in, a y seesaw fashion,Vv 89 and*an"objectffadaptedpgtoroll5by gravity 7 )105 A' '0,0515 001B-Elin@ @ii Upper' *tri-ak pivotarlly supportedfr;between its ends, one f 'end iof' saidftrackeheing heavier than the 185 ondzftracklongerthantheuppertrack and 9b;-

object arranged tofrollj lo g saidf'tracks, l.

ported thereon,V

.removable k sectionCnnected therewith, rk said one" direction, a 'flower shaft connectingfthe arches, alo'iv'erl trackpiyOtally supportedffonjan object arranged to 'roll'lromoneutrack.

on to the othe5W-ith therockingmovement 13. Thejcemtihafid *eiujif ai my 'ravi-iig tilt'able tracks, of a car adapted to vroll ji'n onv said axles, [one of'fthe 'aXlesf'heing-fre! j formed therein, a-p'est"connested'l with-' said4 crank and oscillated bylthelrotationjther 3130' Y oscillationsV thereof, said carriage *simulata anda miniature AfigureA connected with said post througliY its arms and rocked by the inga hand carwhiclr vis driven by the ligure.

14. ifi toycoifnln'isiiigl asupporting,` struc- Y ture, a lower track, an upper track pivot'- a'lly mounted on the supporting frame, and

Vrneans including an farm connected with the upper track section ad'apted'to contact with a stationary'partof said fraineto lirnit the rocking inoveinento the traine..V

n A toy comprising la Vsupporting struc. e ture, lower track sectioii,anl upper track sectiomsaid upper track section having a crees'ineniber secured thereto having downwardly bent portions in' which .'a-refnotcli'es,

a. sba-ftv'coinprising part oi the supporting' struct-ure, said turneddown notched portions of the strip resting onsaid shaitandIV providing a. pivotal support for said shaft" Vover the lower track-and enabling said up` Y per track Section to be readily7 removed, and

'f end offtheupper track to the lower Ytrack and Abe returned to' the opposite end bic said upper track and vformed` inseparable :sec-V ture.

' K .Y Y 154695710 tions, both Vtracks being channel like in cross section, one-section ofvvtlie'lower track having. awtransizei'se slot therein spaced back from theendthereofithe other sectionof pressedbelowrrthe* bottom ofthe channel and extending intothepslot ,inthev other track Section5 g their end portion lof lthe tongue section being` received `in and resting on the channeledend of the slotted-section. Q l, A toy having upper and lower tracks',

the lower track beinnr longerthan the upper track; in order that ,en object adapted to rollY on seid tracksrniay be received from one lthe lower track havingI a tongue 'therein ,de- A end of the upper ,trackto the lower' track and be returnedto tlieopposite end of seid upper Crack and formed in sepa-rable'f-sections, vboth rtracks being channelV like in crees section, one'section of the lowertrack having a transverse slot therein spaced back frein the end thereof, the other sect-iron of the loweritrackihaving a tongue therein'depressed below the bottom of the chaiineland extendingfinto `the slot in the o tliertrack Y section, the end portion ofthe tonguesection bang-received' inrand restringen the channeledend of' the slotted section,y the sides-0t-v theV channels of .the tworineineers contacting; Tto assistin holding said-sections f in linewith eac'li other.

' injtestimony whereofl4 afix Signa-vV g @nitrates ABEL 

